Sally C. Pipes
Commentary
Health-Reform Traps: Universal What?
THE rush to remake the 17 percent of America’s economy known as its health-care system is matched only by the muddle of the motivations driving it. Above all else, consider the confusion of health insurance with access to actual health care. The reality is that having insurance is not the ...
Commentary
Not Surprisingly, Howard Dean Favors Public Health Plan
Former governor of Vermont and chairman of the Democratic party Howard Dean, not surprisingly, endorses President Obama’s desire for a public health-plan option. He has been a supporter of a single-payer health-care system for years, and celebrating the idea as a stepping stone to a fully government-run system. Dean is ...
Commentary
Boost biologics protection to improve lives
The Times (Munster, IN), June 10, 2009 Wenatchee World (WA), June 11, 2009 Imagine you have a young daughter with psoriasis. The disease affects her immune system, creating inflamed patches on her skin and causing constant joint pain. In addition to the physical irritations, she is self-conscious about her outbreaks ...
Commentary
Unmanageable healthcare in the making
The Hill (Washington, D.C.), June 9, 2009 News Blaze (Folsom, CA), June 12, 2009 American Conservative Daily, June 13, 2009 Candidate Barack Obama showed bold leadership on healthcare. He promised Americans $2,500 in annual healthcare savings and a path to universal coverage. He attacked his Democratic opponent for insisting on ...
Commentary
Soda tax proposal should fizzle out
President Obama has promised the American people that full-scale healthcare reform will be enacted by the end of this year. The decidedly less-inspiring task of determining how to pay for his $1.2-trillion reform package has fallen to congressional lawmakers. The Senate Finance Committee is considering dozens of options for generating ...
Commentary
Canadian patients face long waits for low-tech healthcare
Washington Examiner (Washington, DC), June 5, 2009 San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA), June 5, 2009 KEY DATA: The average patient waiting period between referral and actual treatment for the 12 most frequently needed specialties was nearly 4½ months in 2008, double the average from 15 years ago. KEY DATA: ...
Commentary
Canadians seeking health care have a ‘wait problem’
Washington Examiner (Washington, DC), June 3, 2009 First of a two-part series It’s the start of what promises to be a beautiful spring day. But not for you. As the first rays of sunshine filter through your bedroom window, a searing pain settles into your head. You pop an aspirin ...
Business & Economics
Does California Need a Commission on the Status of Women?
The California Commission on the Status of Women bills itself as an “independent, non-partisan agency working to advance the causes of women.” That claim invites scrutiny of the Commission’s 2009-2010 priorities. Look at what we find at the very top of their list. “Establish a universal health care system to ...
Commentary
Taming Runaway Health Care Costs
The New York Times, May 16, 2009 To the Editor: David Leonhardt claims that research into the effectiveness of different treatment options would “tell us how to reduce spending without damaging people’s health.” Nonsense. Medical-effectiveness research will simply provide the government with cover to ration treatment. That’s exactly what happens ...
Commentary
Under Obama Healthcare Scheme, Big Government Rations Care for Sick Patients
U.S. News & World Report (Washington, DC), May 13, 2009 American healthcare may not be perfect. But it’s not on the verge of collapse either—unless President Obama succeeds with his various healthcare reform efforts. Exhibit A: The $787-billion stimulus bill, which became law on February 19. The measure builds on ...
Health-Reform Traps: Universal What?
THE rush to remake the 17 percent of America’s economy known as its health-care system is matched only by the muddle of the motivations driving it. Above all else, consider the confusion of health insurance with access to actual health care. The reality is that having insurance is not the ...
Not Surprisingly, Howard Dean Favors Public Health Plan
Former governor of Vermont and chairman of the Democratic party Howard Dean, not surprisingly, endorses President Obama’s desire for a public health-plan option. He has been a supporter of a single-payer health-care system for years, and celebrating the idea as a stepping stone to a fully government-run system. Dean is ...
Boost biologics protection to improve lives
The Times (Munster, IN), June 10, 2009 Wenatchee World (WA), June 11, 2009 Imagine you have a young daughter with psoriasis. The disease affects her immune system, creating inflamed patches on her skin and causing constant joint pain. In addition to the physical irritations, she is self-conscious about her outbreaks ...
Unmanageable healthcare in the making
The Hill (Washington, D.C.), June 9, 2009 News Blaze (Folsom, CA), June 12, 2009 American Conservative Daily, June 13, 2009 Candidate Barack Obama showed bold leadership on healthcare. He promised Americans $2,500 in annual healthcare savings and a path to universal coverage. He attacked his Democratic opponent for insisting on ...
Soda tax proposal should fizzle out
President Obama has promised the American people that full-scale healthcare reform will be enacted by the end of this year. The decidedly less-inspiring task of determining how to pay for his $1.2-trillion reform package has fallen to congressional lawmakers. The Senate Finance Committee is considering dozens of options for generating ...
Canadian patients face long waits for low-tech healthcare
Washington Examiner (Washington, DC), June 5, 2009 San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA), June 5, 2009 KEY DATA: The average patient waiting period between referral and actual treatment for the 12 most frequently needed specialties was nearly 4½ months in 2008, double the average from 15 years ago. KEY DATA: ...
Canadians seeking health care have a ‘wait problem’
Washington Examiner (Washington, DC), June 3, 2009 First of a two-part series It’s the start of what promises to be a beautiful spring day. But not for you. As the first rays of sunshine filter through your bedroom window, a searing pain settles into your head. You pop an aspirin ...
Does California Need a Commission on the Status of Women?
The California Commission on the Status of Women bills itself as an “independent, non-partisan agency working to advance the causes of women.” That claim invites scrutiny of the Commission’s 2009-2010 priorities. Look at what we find at the very top of their list. “Establish a universal health care system to ...
Taming Runaway Health Care Costs
The New York Times, May 16, 2009 To the Editor: David Leonhardt claims that research into the effectiveness of different treatment options would “tell us how to reduce spending without damaging people’s health.” Nonsense. Medical-effectiveness research will simply provide the government with cover to ration treatment. That’s exactly what happens ...
Under Obama Healthcare Scheme, Big Government Rations Care for Sick Patients
U.S. News & World Report (Washington, DC), May 13, 2009 American healthcare may not be perfect. But it’s not on the verge of collapse either—unless President Obama succeeds with his various healthcare reform efforts. Exhibit A: The $787-billion stimulus bill, which became law on February 19. The measure builds on ...
